I understand the point about Detroit's passing game, but as their respective records clearly reflect Detroit just isn't remotely as good of a football team as Seattle.

As the Ravens proved, last year (and others have proven in previous years), it's all about playing your best football at the end of the season. In no way would I bet on the Lions making it to the Super Bowl, but this thread was about bad matchups for the Broncos...

As the Ravens proved, last year (and others have proven in previous years), it's all about playing your best football at the end of the season. In no way would I bet on the Lions making it to the Super Bowl, but this thread was about bad matchups for the Broncos...

Don't blame me. Blame the Angry Drunken German. He's the one who put the Lions as an option...

OK. I'll say it this way. None of the other teams, on that list, scare me. In fact, I would WELCOME a rematch with the Cowboys. We won that shootout WITHOUT several of our defensive starters, with our middle linebacker being (in my mind) the most crucial...

Are the Lions getting a little too much love here because y'all watched them on Thanksgiving and they looked great? If you look a little further you'll see that they lost to Tampa and Pittsburgh the previous two weeks. And they barely beat Chicago and Dallas the two weeks before that. They're a 7-5 team for a reason. Come on, I know what you're thinking here, but you really, really wouldn't rather play Seattle (11-1!) than Detroit. You just wouldn't. Crazy talk.

Bring on the Seahawks! I want to beat the best team in the NFL. It feels better that way. Not everybody wanted to face the '97 Packers. Then the following year, everybody wanted the Falcons to upset the Vikings for an "easier" Super Bowl. I would have rather the Broncos played and stopped the Vikings juggernaut that year. But the Dan Reeves story was kinda cool too.